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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect provides a range of facilities for working with and managing Baselines, through the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Manage Baselines</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To open this dialog, right-click on the package at the head of the appropriate model branch and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Package Control | Manage Baselines</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu option</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Review the baselines for the current model branch, listed by <a href="creatingbaselines.htm#Vers">version reference</a> with the highest alphabetical/numerical value at the top.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="132" style="width:132px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Differences</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Run the <a href="differences.htm">Compare</a> utility on the selected Baseline and the current model branch, and to <a href="examplecomparison.htm">display the differences</a> between the two.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="132" style="width:132px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Restore to Baseline</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Completely restore the model branch from the selected Baseline.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="132" style="width:132px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">New Baseline</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="creatingbaselines.htm">Create a new Baseline</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Delete the selected Baseline.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="132" style="width:132px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Load Other Baselines</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display a drop-down menu that enables you to load Baselines from another model, in either an .EAP file or a DBMS file.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">For .EAP files, a browser displays; locate the required project file</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">For DBMS files, the Windows </span><span class="f_UIControl">Data Link Properties</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> dialog displays; select the data provider and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> button to display the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Select Data Source</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> dialog, from which you select the required project.</span></li>
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<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">In either case, the </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">Connected To:</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> message at the bottom of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Manage Baselines</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog changes to the name of the alternative model. To return the dialog to the original project, select the third option on the drop down list: </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Load From Selected Package</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Import an XML file from the file system as a new Baseline for this current model branch.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="132" style="width:132px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Export File</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Export the selected Baseline to an XML file on disk.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Compare the selected model branch with an XML file on disk. A browser displays, which you use to locate the file.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="547" style="width:547px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="compare_options.htm">Set filters</a> to make the comparison more specific.</span></p>
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